Since Perl 5.22.0, left braces in regexps should be escaped. Signed-off-by: Apollon Oikonomopoulos <apoikos@xxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index b1281ac..30fc77f 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2397,8 +2397,8 @@ sub process { # function brace can't be on same line, except for #defines of do while, # or if closed on same line - if (($line=~/$Type\s*$Ident\(.*\).*\s{/) and - !($line=~/\#\s*define.*do\s{/) and !($line=~/}/)) { + if (($line=~/$Type\s*$Ident\(.*\).*\s\{/) and + !($line=~/\#\s*define.*do\s\{/) and !($line=~/\}/)) { ERROR("OPEN_BRACE", "open brace '{' following function declarations go on the next line\n" . $herecurr); } @@ -2673,8 +2673,8 @@ sub process { ## } #need space before brace following if, while, etc - if (($line =~ /\(.*\){/ && $line !~ /\($Type\){/) || - $line =~ /do{/) { + if (($line =~ /\(.*\)\{/ && $line !~ /\($Type\){/) || + $line =~ /do\{/) { ERROR("SPACING", "space required before the open brace '{'\n" . $herecurr); } @@ -2964,7 +2964,7 @@ sub process { $dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant$/ && # for (...) $dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant\s+(?:$Ident|-?$Constant)$/ && # for (...) bar() $dstat !~ /^do\s*{/ && # do {... - $dstat !~ /^\({/) # ({... + $dstat !~ /^\(\{/) # ({... { $ctx =~ s/\n*$//; my $herectx = $here . "\n"; -- 2.28.0